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Asset values could drop to 2017 levels: MSCI

HARRISON WORLEY | THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020

... unlisted property assets in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is "more comparable" to what happened around the time of the GFC than the early 90s recession. As a result, Reid said that when applying a 10% write down to the overall Property Council of ...

Super should shape up on unlisted valuations: WTW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020

... at which markets have declined during this pandemic turned economic crisis is far faster than that experienced during the GFC," Kelly said. "During periods of heightened volatility, super funds are often swamped with members looking to switch out of ...

NFP super fund performance revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020

... perform well, the NFP funds perform well," Dunnin explained. "But there is a lot of water to go under the bridge yet." After the GFC, it took just two years for MySuper products to recover, Dunnin added. "It's encouraging that so far the CFC fall isn't ...

Not at the bottom, yet: Research

HARRISON WORLEY | TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020

... retail investors are almost as concerned now as they were in December 2011, when they recorded their highest level of post-GFC concern for the state of the world's investment markets. Currently, investor concern registers at 7.2 out of 10, half a point ...

Pandemic response concerns overblown

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020

... a better time for governments to borrow. Even with the government spending twice the amount than it did in response to the GFC, Richardson points out interest rates are just a fifth of what Australia was forced to back then, leaving the country with ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020

... without accessing the property." Despite this, Kellenberger is positive that "things can turn out much better" than during the GFC. "This time around we are dealing with a much healthier banking system; we are dealing with a credit market situation that ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020

... her company wanting to establish an SMSF in the last month than in the last three months of 2019. "This happened during the GFC as well. People are anxious about market falls and they crave the control that an SMSF could give them so they dive out of ...

Fixed income liquidity squeeze bites

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020

... though there isn't a solution to fix the discounts. "Fixed income ETFs are relatively new and weren't around during the GFC or the credit crisis in 2011 when credit and mortgage funds froze. ETFs are more transparent [and still provide liquidity ...

Return of the king

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020

... to always be positioned for the uncertainty that might lie ahead." Doyle said this lesson has been learnt before, after the GFC, when objective based portfolios came about. But, 10 years on, after a record winning bull market, some of those lessons had ...

Opportunities and threats amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020

... Global Financial Crisis, Potter said. "The banks themselves have more than twice as much capital as they had going into the GFC and less exposure to property and more exposure to mortgages, so they should get through without raising more capital," he ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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